There are songs that connect generations. And there are songs that express the feeling of being a family in a very special way. “The Generation Song” is a beautiful example of this. Anton recorded the track together with his daughter and his granddaughter Lieke. The idea came from Lieke, who also takes the lead vocal. In the folk-inspired song, the lyrics say: “Love is just everything / Love is even more / Love is the reason / It’s the reason that we’re living for.” In other words: Love is everything — and even more. It is the reason we live.
Anton wishes you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2026!
Things will get really peaceful again with the singer's most contemplative songs, especially beautiful: "Once Every Year":
The song "Once Every Year" is already a real Christmas hit in Anton's repertoire.
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And because Christmas is just around the corner, here's the song to sing along to:
Once every year
Text: Peter Tenret
Musik: Anton van Doornmalen
A Once every year
When the nights are long
As concerns music, the famous Beatles are among Anton's greatest role models. This is the very time to recall John Lennon's message of peace: "Imagine".
"After all, every person wants to live in peace and freedom," said the Dutch singer.
The song "Imagine" describes the vision of a society free of religion, nationalism and property. It is a call for peace and is the anthem of the peace movement of the 70s. It is one of the best songs of all time, as published by the US magazine Rolling Stone.
Right now, no song seems to fit better than this track. The sing-along song "Immer scheint die Sonne" (The sun always shines) simply spreads a good mood. Because the sun is always there - even if the weather is rather restrained in the current spring and April does what it wants.
The lyrics say "The sun always shines, / no matter where you are. "The beauty of the sun is: it costs nothing, it always shines - no matter what. We can also be inspired by it here on earth, says the Dutch singer-songwriter.
The song to be found on the album "Glücklich sein".